Healing Springs
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Healing Springs sits in Bath County, Virginia, about seven miles from the village of Warm Springs. The water comes out warm, below body heat and comfortable. Public access is not on record and no landowner is listed. This is Allegheny foothill country, moderately high for the East.
Sam Snead Highway passes within a hundred feet or so, which makes this a roadside spring. The climate is damp, forty-odd inches of rain in a year and a couple of feet of snow in winter. Coles Point, between five and six miles away, is the closest campground the record lists.
December through February score best. With the road so close there is no walk to speak of. Ownership is blank on the record and so is access, so look for signs before stepping off the highway shoulder. No fee or water test is noted.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Healing Springs.
- Setting
- Valley floor
- Gentle slopes rise on both sides.
- Highest ground nearby
- 194 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
A slice through the ground from west to east, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 9% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
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Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
Overview Coles Point Picnic Shelters are tucked in a small opening surrounded by a hardwood forest. Opportunities abound for hiking, photography, nature study, birding and viewing wildlife. Best of all, Coles Point is perched along Moomaw Lake, providing convenient access to boating, fishing, swimming and relaxing on the beach.Recreation An inviting swimming beach within the recreation area lures crowds, and the picnic area has an open field for games like Frisbee and soccer. The park offer...
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